migya wrote:Falling Skies is over for another season, the third one. I'm into this series and it is getting interesting with the saviour aliens now entering the story. Could be a very interesting fourth season next year.

Also seen the first two episodes of revolution and it so far is slow, but similar to Falling Skies in that regard.

I'm a fan of Falling Skies. The 1st season was kind of lame and slow, the 2nd was much better, but the 3rd was really good. I'm looking forward to next season, but only 10 episodes kind of sucks.

Revolution is ok, but I'm just generally not a fan of any series from the "big" networks. They feel like they almost have lower budgets and less production quality. Maybe it's because NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX aren't willing to take big risks, but the writing and premises seems uninspired and lacking originality. If they air one more cop related show, I will lose my god damn mind!

Another sci-fi show, Defiance, I had a lot of hopes for, but it sucks. I was really hoping that the Sci-Fi channel would be able to rekindle a fraction of the greatness of Battlestar, but Defiance is just a cookie-cutter, episodic piece of trash, cut from the same cloth as a Law and Order or any of the Star Treks.

Side note - If you haven't seen Battlestar Gallactica, then you need to stop what you are doing and watch it right now. Do not be fooled by the corny name or the fact that it was a Sci-Fi channel original.

PAWNO wrote:OMG How good was Breaking Bad???

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Hanks paranoia attack as he drives away from Walts House, was just brilliant& then the end scene where Hank closed the garage door was a great way to end the show!This is the 2nd skip forward into the future to start the season, Last half season was at the Diner, The 2nd Walt at his derolict house. the Skateboarders was another awesome idea.Lot of memorable scenes has happened in Walter Whites pool.

BB just continues to be one of the best shows in the history of television. The writing, direction, and cinematography are just in a different league. It really is the most artistic show with those awesome scenes that tell you so much without a line of dialog.

I'm pretty sure I know how the series will end and I'm going to throw it in a spoiler tag below just so I can toss out the "I told you so" if it is realized...

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So I don't know if this is actually going to happen, this is just my prediction (slightly borrowed from a reddit post). Stop reading now if you don't want this thought in the back of your mind for the remaining episodes...

So I read a reddit post that details how Walt takes on traits of all the people he has killed after he has killed them (the 1st drug dealer/cutting his crust, Mike/ordering whiskey on the rocks, etc...). In the first episode of the 5th season, you see him in a Denny's and he has taken his wife's maiden name... So I agree with the reddit post that he kills Skyler. My part of the prediction is that he actually does get away from the cops, but he is forced to live without his family - the reason why he started making meth in the first place. He realizes that the only thing he ever wanted was to provide for his family and be in their lives and now he'll never be able to see them again - a fate worse than dead or imprisonment. Additionally, he is shamed and really becomes the monster that he thinks he is.

I'm probably not really going out on much of a limb with all of this. We know this series doesn't end well for Walt, but like so many shows that have come before BB in which we follow a "bad guy" main character (The Shield, The Sopranos), how do you end it? Killing Walt feels so anti-climatic and unoriginal for a show that certainly doesn't paint by the numbers. One thing this show has done a good job of (where others have failed) is making the audience lose respect and love for Walt, and they really drive it home that he has become a bad person - I felt like him killing Mike was the final straw.

I'm kind of curious how you Aussies are watching the show. I know that American TV is broadcast all over the world, but I know that you guys suffer from a lot of censorship when it comes to drugs in media. Is the show aired there? Or do you have to watch it online or pirate it?

I watch it on cable television. 3 to 8 hours after it's aired.

I use to download all the shows immedialtey when they became available but my cable tv has SHOWTIME (makers of Dexter etc) and they show all the AMC, HBO shows fresh off the sataliette on Monday evening (which in essence is 8 hours after Sunday night TV in america)

I watched all of season 1… i thought it was alright. Nothing special, but unlike most shows I ended making it through the entire season (meaning I was entertained). I streamed the whole season during my summer break, so I will probably do the same for season 2 next summer when this season is over.

I watched the first season as well, and I think even few episodes of the second. It wasn't bad, had some enjoyable moments, though, nothing spectacular. Actually, in a way, it reminds me a lot of the Falling Skies, and sometimes I even get confused about what happened where. lol

My wife wants to keep watching, and I'm a bit down on it after the break...probably because I don't like to wait for a whole week to see what happens next.

It is a show that's ongoing right now and that's why I'm watching it. Not bad idea for the story and most about it is decent, though nothing special.

I will be watching the Wire in a few weeks when I have time. It's a show I never watched when it was on a few years ago and I've always wanted to see it. Also had plans to see Boardwalk Empire, which I had seen the first four episodes over a year and a half ago.

Breaking Bad really got me high on a show the last couple of years and I'm going to be looking for a show to replace it.

I'm not a GoT book reader, but according to those that are, they've deviated almost entirely from the books at this point. I think it's mostly due to the author slacking on the latest book, so they've passed it up.

Overall it seems most people are happy with the direction it's going in. I've been enjoying it, but not as much this season, and I'm kinda pisses that they've seemed to either neglect or entirely abandon so many plotlines. As BaronOlio posted on reddit:

I'm reading book one at the moment, but since I have so little time, that might last a bit. So, I'm not a book reader either. I spoiled some things for myself, because I was interested in various houses and read about that on the internet, and granted, I had to find out what is happening in the books. And I think they had to move in other direction, because of Martin being too slow. They know how the books should end, so I suppose that didn't change anything of huge importance for the main story (unless they intend on ending the show, and the books differently).

Some things that have been done by some book characters who are not present in the show, are given to some other characters that are there. A lot of characters from the books are missing...even really interesting houses like Hightower.

Anyway, the show is great fun, I was starting to believe that only bad things are going to happen, but it seems that is changing, or at least I hope it is. It's one thing to show how good characters can die, and something completely different when it's all they do.

I became a huge fan, which you can see by my Avatar, which is banner of house Forrester. A house that is barely mentioned in books, but has a main role in Telltale's video game. The story is really interesting, and some characters that appear from the show are being voice acted by the real actors from the show. I know it's a bit off topic, but if anyone is interested, check out Tellatale's Game of Thrones game. There are 4 episodes of the game out so far, of 6 that are going to be released.

I saw two episodes of the miniseries so far, and I liked them. So far, so good. I'd recommend it to everyone who love the genre, or history in general. History channel did it, and unlike The Vikings, this is far more accurate. Some really fine actors, and well known as well. Truly something a bit different than usual cop shows, or bad guys as main character, which is something that is quite popular it seems these days. It's about the events that happened right after the famous Alamo battle.

Honestly Jon has too much plot armor, and he's a central character in the books (books left off the same way). The show might be deviating somewhat, and Jon hasn't been as obvious of a main character lately as he is in the books, but he's gotta come back. It'd just be bad storytelling otherwise.

We all know the fire witch is going to resurrect him, just gotta wait at least 10 months for confirmation...

Honestly Jon has too much plot armor, and he's a central character in the books (books left off the same way). The show might be deviating somewhat, and Jon hasn't been as obvious of a main character lately as he is in the books, but he's gotta come back. It'd just be bad storytelling otherwise.

We all know the fire witch is going to resurrect him, just gotta wait at least 10 months for confirmation...

Haven't seen any of the episodes yet and might not to be honest but if I do it will be within a week when I find where to get them.